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Basecamp Research unlocks £105m Series C led by S32 to design medicines with frontier AI models
Basecamp Research trains biological foundation models, called EDEN, on a proprietary genomic dataset spanning more than 30 countries. The models are used to design therapeutics, starting with in vivo cell therapies that reprogram a patient's cells inside the body to treat conditions such as cancer and autoimmune disease.
Kraken Technology Group unlocks £130m Series B round led by DTCP for its uncrewed surface vessels and maritime defence platforms
Kraken Technology Group is a British maritime defence company developing uncrewed surface vessels and subsurface payload platforms. Its K3 SCOUT, K5 KRAKEN, K7 SABRE and K4 MANTA vessels are deployed by NATO militaries and allied forces for maritime security operations.
SatVu secures £30m in funding led by NATO Innovation Fund for its satellite thermal imagery intelligence
SatVu develops satellites that capture high-resolution thermal imagery from space to reveal heat signatures linked to activity inside buildings and infrastructure. Its data helps governments and organisations monitor operations, assess activity patterns, and make security and infrastructure decisions.
Uplift360 raises a £6.4m seed round led by Extantia to recover and reuse high-value composite waste
Uplift360 develops chemical processes to recover and regenerate advanced composite materials. It enables aerospace and industrial companies to reuse high-value materials that would otherwise become waste.
Portal Biotech secures £25m Series A led by NATO Innovation Fund and Earlybird to pioneer full-length protein sequencing
Portal Biotech is developing benchtop protein sequencing technology that reads full-length proteins at single-molecule resolution, enabling new insights for drug discovery, diagnostics and biosecurity research.
Space Forge raises £23m Series A led by NATO Innovation Fund to scale returnable satellite manufacturing platform
Space Forge designs returnable satellites for manufacturing advanced materials in space, using microgravity conditions to produce high-performance components for semiconductors, energy and defence applications.
CamGraPhIC raises £20m Series A led by CDP Venture Capital to develop graphene-based optical transceivers
CamGraPhIC develops graphene-based optical transceivers that move large volumes of data between chips with far lower energy use, supporting applications such as AI computing, advanced data centres and high performance systems.
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MetaviewMetaview unlocks a £45m Series C led by Insight Partners to automate hiring with sourcing and screening agents
Series CHR - 23 Sept 2026
Basecamp ResearchBasecamp Research unlocks £105m Series C led by S32 to design medicines with frontier AI models
Series CLife Sciences - 10 Aug 2026
Cambridge AerospaceCambridge Aerospace lands £222m Series C led by DFJ Growth for low-cost drone interceptor missiles
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